So many students are underusing calculators in their math classes. In particular: You should use your calculator to do most calculations. Many students try to do complicated arithmetic in their head. You will always make more mistakes than a calculator,…
You should be using a retinoid in your skin care routine. Retinoids are arguably the best skin care ingredient of all time, being the most effective and well-researched ingredient for anti-aging. The benefits of retinoids include: As you can see,…
Online tutoring has vastly improved the tutoring experience. It allows students to learn from the comfort of their own home, in a way that is more effective, efficient, and flexible. I’ve been doing it for a while now, especially since…
Skin care is important for everyone. If you don’t know anything about skin care, this guide will give you all the essentials you need to start a skin care routine. The Basics The 3 basic products you need: Basically, You’ll…
So far, we know: What does this lead to? Diversification. Diversification is the strategy of having a broad variety of investments within a portfolio, by spreading investments over asset classes, sectors, industries, geographic regions, and individual companies. This is perfectly…
For the past 2 months, I haven’t snoozed my alarm even once. Sounds impossible? It’s true: I’ve been trying to wake up early consistently without being tired for my entire life. Ever since I’ve finished school and now am self-employed,…
We’ve all experienced it: the mid-afternoon slump. Your energy dips, it feels impossible to focus, and you just keep working along. Coffee is tempting, but you know it’ll cause you to sleep poorly at night. There’s another solution: The nap.…
Imagine betting all your money on a blackjack hand. The thrill of potential gains is enticing, but the risk of losing everything is much worse. That’s what investing in just a few stocks can be like – a high-stakes gamble…
Sleep is the foundation of everything. It’s the keystone habit that improves every other aspect of your life. I’ve spent 5 years researching sleep and experimenting with everything. I’ve found that quality sleep benefits your life in numerous ways; it’d…
So you want to start investing? Now what? To buy and sell stocks, you have to do so through a brokerage, which executes your desired trades as a middleman on behalf of investors. In history, stock brokers were the people…
While you should start investing as soon as possible, there are a few prerequisites you should make sure you have in place before you start. Emergency Fund You should first save enough money to have an emergency fund. Also called…
Why Now is the Best Time to Invest “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”—Chinese Proverb The best time to start investing was yesterday, but the second best time is…
Investing is a crucial aspect of wealth building that many people often overlook. You may not be investing for many reasons. But most of them are based on false beliefs. Reasons Why People Don’t Invest Why Savings Accounts are Not…
Never had a math tutor before? You might be wondering what kind of duration and schedule you should have to make the most of it. For most students, I recommend our tutoring sessions to be 1 hour long. An hour…
In 2016, I created a full video course for Pre-calculus 12, for the BC curriculum. I now offer it for free, at the link below: Precalculus 12 Tutor Get the Grade You Want Cameron Math It contains over 10 hours…
Math Has a Sequential Learning Pattern With math, material learned in one lecture and course builds on the material from previous lectures and previous math knowledge. This is called a sequential learning pattern, or in common language, math is cumulative.…
Recall that math involves sequential learning, in that each subsequent topic builds on previous topics. In this way, paying attention in lecture is particularly essential for math classes, as missing just one point can lead to confusion for the remainder…
Reading a math textbook is often very difficult. This is partly because math textbooks are somewhat unlike other textbooks. In particular, they are much denser, and of course contain many symbols and formulas. In fact, mathematicians take pride in being…
Recall that active practice is required to learn math. In mathematics, the purpose of homework is to practice and prepare to perform well on tests. Review textbook material and/or lecture notes relating to the homework. This refreshes your memory on…
Students often make silly mistakes on tests, like misreading the question, forgetting a minus sign, thinking 3+3=9 (arithmetic errors). As you progress in math, the questions become more complicated, so this can be easier to do. which result in lower…